Prevention of visual field defect after macular hole surgery by passing air used for fluid-air exchange through water

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 62-66

  Ohji, Masahito ^a   Nao I, Nobuhisa ^b   Saito, Yoshihiro ^a   Hayashi, Atssushi ^a   Tano, Yasuo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VITRECTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIMETRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCTION; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS; VITRECTOMY; WATER;

EID: 0032900675     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(98)00287-6     Document Type: Article

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